668 Indian Cyprinidcc. [August, 



Spec. Cyp. acra, Buch. P. G. p. 284. 

 Cyp. angra, id. Coll. 



Cyp. Hamiltonii, Gray, Hardw. Illust. t. 86. f. 1. 

 Lasseem of the Assamese. 



Snout prominent and fleshy, thirty-five scales along the lateral line, and 

 fourteen in an oblique line from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. 

 D.10: P.10: V-9 : A.8 : C.19.* 

 Hab. Bramaputra. 



Spec. G. lissorhynckus.f J. M. t. 55. f. 5. 



Snout smooth and blunt without cirri, thirty-nine scales along the lateral 

 line, and thirteen from the base of the ventrals to the dorsum. U.ll : P. 16 : 

 V.9: A.8: C.19. 



Hab. Large Rivers of Bengal and Assam. Usual length 6 to 9 inches. 



" In the six following species the scales are thin and rough, and gene- 

 rally placed so that each scale is in the axis of the one immediately 

 preceding or succeeding, and not in regular oblique rows as is usual in 

 the family ; but this peculiarity is not so well marked in some species 

 as in others. They are all without cirri. 

 Spec. Cyp. bangon, Buch. Coll. t. 58. f. 2.Q 

 Cyp. cura, id. P. G. p. 384. 



Snout smooth without cirri, scales in parallel rows with a grey line 

 between each row. D.12 : P. 15 : V.9. : A.7 : C.i? 



Hab. Bengal, where it attains a size of eight or ten inches. 

 Spec. Cyp. boga, Buch. P. G. t. 28. f. 80. 



Snout perforated with numerous mucous pores, lower lip fimbriated, 

 scales raised on either side of the base of the dorsal, lobes of the caudal 

 slightly divided. D.12 : P.— V.9 : A.8 : C— 



Hab. Bramaputra. Usual length about nine inches. 



Spec. G. bicolor, J. M. t. 40. f. 1. 



Snout smooth, long, and rather pointed, lower jaw shorter than the upper, 

 forty-two scales on the lateral line, thirteen in an oblique row from the base 

 of the ventrals to the dorsum. Blue above, beneath silvery, pectorals small. 

 D.12: P.16: V.9: A.7 : C.19. 



Hab. Rivers on the northern side of Assam. Griff. Coll. 



Spec. G. anisurus,% J. M. t. 40. f. 2. 



Snout blunt, lower jaw shorter than the upper, lips hard and smooth, thirty- 

 nine scales along the lateral line, and thirteen in an oblique row from the 

 base of the ventrals to the dorsum, lower lobe of the caudal longer than 

 the upper. D.12 : P. 17 : V.9 : A.7 : C.-?. 



Hab. Upper Assam. Griff. Coll. 



* Buchanan gives the fin rays as D.ll : P.18 or 19 : V.9 : A.8 : C.19. 

 f From lissor smooth, and rhynchus the snout. 

 I From anisos unequal, and oura a tail. 



